Karl Ove Knausgaard
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Karl Ove Knausgårdis a Norwegian author, known for six autobiographical novels, titled My Struggle...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 December 1968
CountryNorway
captured idiotic
It's one thing to be banal, stupid, and idiotic on the inside. It's another to have it captured in writing.
argue hurting
Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
intention people throughout written
My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
dangerous deny family owns turn
I'm giving away my family's story. Who owns the family's story? I don't. But you could turn it around and ask, 'Who is to deny me to write my family's story?' I have hurt people, but I don't think in a dangerous way. But you can't tell.
forms life
Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
artificial break death form knows life obligation seen though
Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.